The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-03

COIqulJJ ana y psndW on friday. Inc sam
pies show up a very fine article of corn
The general meeting Of the Stone Noun
tain Association will be held in the First
Baptist church of Conyers, beginning Fri
day night next and continuing through next
Sunday. Several of the ablest Baptist di-
vines of the State will be in attendance.
The suit of DR.. j. NJ. Cook against the At
lanta and Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany is In progress before Judge Marshall
j. Clark for $4,000 for personal injuries
caused by falling into an excavation in the
street made by workmen III the employ of
the defendants,
Mrs Eliza Redd, one of the oldest and
most highly esteemed residents of Column
bus, died Tuesday morning. She was 80
years old, and was born in Putnam county
She was the mother of Messrs. c. A. Redd
and William Redd, of Columbus, and Frank
Redd, of Atlanta
The granite business at Lithonia has now
grown to be very important industry.
Over 400 hands are now employed at the
various quarries atthat place. and still they
can scarcely keep up with their orders.
There is boom on Lithonia such as she has
never seen or dreamed of before
One of the most plaintively sad sights in
this world is TO be seen on the road between
Griffin and Concord, where a whole orchard
of barren peach trees stand above hives from
whence the bees have swarmed and gone.
mo peach and honey this year, plaintively
murmurs the editor of the Griffin Ne,os
The notorious Bill Garvin, of Burke coun-
ty, has at last received his just deserts by
life sentence in the penitentiary. He made
no confession Of the foul murder, but stout
~ declared his innocence. He will be car
ried to Augusta in charge of Jailer Zorn for
safe keeping until called for by the author
| tiles.
Ed Hughes was arrested at Atlanta
| junction, 3 miles from Rome, Wednesday,
suspected of the assault upon a respectable
married lady of Polk county. He was car
ried before her and identified. There was
reward of $500 out for his capture. The
| feeling is strong there that doubtless he
| will be lynched.
The closing exercises Of Jacksonville ZAP
| ping county, Academy will come off on
| June 10 and II. The occasion promises to
| be an interesting one and large crowd
| VIII doubtless be in attendance. This is one
| OF the finest schools in that entire section,
and the principal is most competent teacher
| and cultured gentleman.
A suit was filed in the United States Cir
| cult Court at Atlanta Wednesday by the
| American Bell Telephone Company and the
| Southern Telephone and Telegraph Com
| pGny against j. L. Bay and j. B. S. Holmes,
| of Rome, in which it is claimed that the de
| PENDANTS have been infringing upon the tele-
| phone patents held by complainants.
The Governor has not announced his de-
| cision in the matter of the Communication of
| the life sentence of Holman, the Dalton
| murderer. On Wednesday he received in
| formation to the effect that some additional
| papers of Importance are on their way to
| Atlanta, and will not, therefore, decide the
case until he examines these papers.
1t is well known to the citizens and
| patrons Of Orchard Hill Academy that Prof.
l. L. Thrash began a school Feb 20, 1886,
with twenty-six subscribed students, and
| took the school upon its merits II con-
| tinued to increase in interest until the
names of forty-eight students were enrolled,
| and bids fair at present to number 100.
Frank Myers, of Atlanta, went down into
20-foot well there, Tuesday, to rescue
| pet dog The windlass broke Just as he
| reached the surface of the water, and but
| for the energetic efforts of the two workmen
| at the mouth of the well he would have lost
| his life AS it was they only pulled him up
| by main strength, and could just accomplish
| A Sabbath school numbering fo,ty-three
| scholars was organized at Midway Sunday
| last. Rev. r. j. Bigham was elected super
| intendent, with Mr.. s. j. Kelly assistant.
| Il. 5. Steadman was chosen secretary and
| treasurer. The school is certain to grow
| and prosper under the wise and careful adj
mlnistratlon of these most excellent gentle
men.
Sunday night about IL O'Clock the barn
| and stables of Louis Fuller (colored), on the
| place of Harold, johnson & Co., about
eleven miles from Americas, was set fire to
| and destroyed. All of his corn, some forty
| or fifty bushels, farming implements and
| a calf were consumed. By beating and
| pulling he saved his mule. which tried to re-
| turn to the burning building.
Tuesday morning during the shower
eleven men and boys were sitting on a bench
| under shed at Harvey's place. three miles
| from Rome. Near the shed stood tree,
which was struck by lightning. The shock
| caused the men under the shed to fall from
| the bench, and for some time they Law
| stunned. None were seriously injured, how
ever, and they soon recovered.
Some time in April j. NJ Landers and
| wife disappeared from their home in Doug
las very mysteriously. When it was discov-
cred they were gone it was supposed they
had been gone two days and nights. The
table was fixed just as if they had eaten
their supper and got up and left His horse
was found in the stable nearly persisted for
water. No trace has ever been found of
them.
Gritfms new ginnery will have a capacity
of fifty bales per day. They will have four
seventy saw gins Ill operation, but VIII keep
two extra on hand in case of an unusual
rush or break in the machinery They can
be put no in a day. The gins used are of
the most superior make, and they propose
to make the lint of a finer quality and
texture, which will induce the cotton buyer
TO offer better prices
While Nose Bullard, who lives in the
upper portion Of Calhoun, was in Leary on
his way to Baker county, the mule which
he was driving became sick, and was uu-
hitched from the buggy and turned into
Mr.. Wilson'S lot, and soon after evinced I'M
mistakable symptoms Of hydrophobia-an
Unsuitable thirst for water and a disposition
to bite everything in reach. The mule was
bitten some time ago by rabid dog.
Grapes are looking fine at Pomona, not a de-
cayed berry has been seen, and unless some
thing unusual happens to cut Off the crop
there will be upwards of 100000 pounds
shipped from there, and as much more from
Vineyard, two and half miles south of
there, and probably half as much more from
Sunny Side. It will take 10000 to q, 900
baskets TO pack the crop. These will sell at
from SOC. to 81 per basket in the Northern
markets.
The fourth annual convention of the
Twentieth District Sunday School Associa-
ton will be he'd at Rockmart, Polk county,
on Wednesd1 Thursday and Friday, Au-
gust ., 4.,es. Inc programme is be.